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- Mar 27
Sage and onion
"THE TRICK: Throw the Paxo out of the window." Nigel Slater Like many British people of my age I grew up with Paxo packet stuffing, and...
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- Mar 23
Pickled onions - ancient or modern?
"Pickle a big batch, put them on everything." There are the ones in the jar - brown and whole, and the ones in a dish - sliced, pink and...
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- Nov 12, 2022
The story of last night's dinner
"The cold fact is no matter what new dish we turn a hand to, eventually it will come to taste and look like everything else we’ve ever...
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- Oct 9, 2022
Should we acknowledge french onion soup in a packet as an ingredient?
"That beefy, caramelized onion flavor is actually really hard to achieve on your own at home. Improbably, the product is vegan, made...
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- Aug 4, 2022
Carbonnade Flamande - have I got the right beer?
"It occupies that culinary space that makes it feel like it's both comfort food and a decadent treat." Diversivore I started this...
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- Jan 27, 2022
Onions et al.(liums)
"the onion acts as an architectural underpinning or seasoning to make other vegetables more flavoursome." Bert Greene I'm not about to...
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- Jan 21, 2022
An unlikely mild disappointment
"These impressive looking peppers are deceptively easy to put together" Shelf Love On the left Ottolenghi, on the right mine. It was a...
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- Dec 1, 2021
My pissaladière story
"just add spring sunshine and a glass of wine" Andrew McConnell Tonight my local book group is meeting to choose our books for next year....
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- Nov 10, 2021
Titbits
"TITBIT - a choice morsel of food; a small and particularly interesting item of gossip or information." I have book group here tonight,...
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- Oct 28, 2021
Sauce soubise
"I think of soubise as the cashmere jumper of sauces. Nothing can compete with its soft, cosseting qualities." Nigel Slater Maybe I...
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- Oct 15, 2021
Flamiche - a first recipe
"my favourite savoury tart" Gabriel Gaté It could be mine too if I think about it. And I don't make it often enough - probably because...
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- Jul 29, 2021
Your onion bhaji is really a pakora
and it was invented in Britain "This dish does not really exist in Indian cuisine in the Indian sub-continent, but it has shot to fame,...
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- Apr 9, 2021
Solving a dilemma with cheese and onions
"Cheese and onion, like Morecambe and Wise or gin and tonic, is one of those combinations that just works. It is far and away the best...
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